top, upper part
→
East
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 636 | top, upper part | — | North | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Muher | |
| Lexeme | nän | |
| Meaning 1 | up | yänän ḳərrəb eyebrow, upper eyelash |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | east | |
| Reference | EDG I: 913 EDG: 457 | |
| Comment | Also nännəyä "upward slope, upwards, ascent, uphill, eastward" (EDG I 913). From Semitic *ʕly "to be high, elevated" > South Ethio-Semitic *lay "above". | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Niuean | |
| Lexeme 1 | uta | |
| Lexeme 2 | Fāhi uta | |
| Meaning 1 | upper | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | east | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Полинская 1995, 106 | |